Jailed paedophile Stuart Hall has sold his collection of antique clocks to fund his new life when he is freed next month.

But they have all been sold as he readies for a flood of compensation claims. Hall has already put his £2million home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on the market after signing it over to wife Hazel in 2013 – three months before admitting 13 sex attacks on girls aged nine to 17.

Stuart Hall at Home in Cheshire (Image: Rex)

Hazel, who stuck by Hall during his trial, no longer lives there. A source said: “He was gutted to see the clocks go but he’ll have no income. He’s finished and needs every penny, especially with lots of women looking to claim compensation.”

Hall, 85, will be freed on licence from jail in Preston, Lancs, within weeks – halfway into a five-year sentence. He will have to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register and tell probation bosses where he is.

At least 20 women have threatened to sue him and demanded compensation.